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The Beginning of The Townsend Nursery Business

Prior to 1900, the founder of this business,
who is now President of E. W. Townsend &
Sons Nurseries, was engaged in strawberry
growing on a commercial scale. He was the
manager of the E. W. Townsend Co., which
Company at that time was probably the largest
strawberry growing concern in the country.
Some years more than 400 acres of berries were
grown by this concern.

It was by giving his personal attention to
this business that later led the Founder to be-
come highly interested in the propagating of
plants for breeding purposes. His first work
was in breeding better plants for the Com-
pany’s own use. The extra vigorous strain
of plants produced by this Plant Breeder soon
attracted the attention of the local growers,
and his surplus plants was quickly sold to them.

The work was carried on for several years
in this way. All the sales of plants being made
in a local way. The year 1905 was a disastrous
year for the E. W. Townsend Strawberry Co.
There was one of the greatest over production
of strawberries that year. As a result prices
were low, in fact the bottom went out. There
was no market during the rush season. The
Strawberry Co. was dissolved. In fact it had
grown to be too large a concern for this com-
munity, and it was hard to make an acreage of
300 to 400 acres of strawberries pay big divi-
dends every year, as the picking and packing
of such a large acreage could not be given prop-
er attention, and not enough of skilled labor
could be found to do the work. Our only way
to get the berries picked was to hire men thru
the employment agencies from the city and
have them shipped down in boat loads. Plenty
of these laborers had never seen a strawberry
growing, and the mess that they made of a
berry field in a few days was something fierce.
This experience led me more than any thing
else to always discourage the planting of too
many acres of strawberries, as one acre well
cultivated and well managed is worth several
acres half done.

At this time I had made up my mind that
there was a living to be made by growing good
plants for sale. I started with ten acres selling
some to the local trade and getting out a price
list which I mailed out to a few growers In near
by States. My name was known to most of the
growers who received my prices, and I re-
ceived quite a good number of orders the first
year. Enough to encourage me to keep on.

The following year was the year I intro-
duced the Townsend Missionary to the Florida
Growers. I had picked this variety up on a trip
to Norfolk the year before, and it struck me
as a good one for long distance shipment such
as the Florida Folks needed. It proved to be
even more than I had expected at the time. For
in less than four years I was selling more than
five million plants in a single season to the
Florida Growers. So it was the Missionary
strawberry that gave me my first start as a
plant grower. By 1910, I had increased my
acreage to seventy-five acres, had a mailing
list of more than 5000 customers. A few years
later my oldest son, was able to help me out
considerable. An office was built, also a pack-
ing house. I had to hire a stenographer to
write my letters and help me in booking orders.
About this time I originated the Townsends
Big Late, which gave me another boost and
which has proved to be one of the best late va-
rieties now in use. Also about this time along
come the Progressive everbearing strawberry ;
I bought all I could get of that variety for
breeding purposes. I saw during the summer
that it was a real everbearing strawberry, and
I set practically my whole crop of plants of the
Progressive. The following year I was ready
to supply Progressive plants. Lots of plant
men had gotten a few plants the same year
that I had and the demand was so good they
were tempted to sell them before they had a
good stock. I had the stock and the demand
was still there.

Most growers were charging $59.00 to
$75.00 per 1000 for Progressive. I figured that
I had 2,000,000 Progressive plants and that
$20.00 per 1000 was a good profit, and I had no
trouble in disposing of my entire two million
plants at $20.00 per 1000

1912 I bought a large tract of new land and
began to clear it up for plants as I had found
that New Soil was the only place to grow the
best plants. Every year for more than ten
years has found us with a large acreage of new
land cleared ready for plants. Expensive? Yes
Expensive; especially during war times when
we had to pay $3.50 to $4.00 per day for erdi-
nary labor. But it paid us to stick to it, for by
our efforts we have cleared hundreds of acres
of new land that is producing the best strain
of plants grown in the country today.

In the spring of 1922 we set more than 500
acres of strawberry plants. Besides the acre-
age to strawocerry plants about fifty acres was

THE BEGINNING OF THE TOWNSEND NURSERY BUSINESS---Continued

set to Dewberries, and several acres to Rasp-
berries and grape vines. 1923 crop of plants
was reduced by a 100 acres or more as we had
to give up some of our Southern trade owing to
the very early season in which they want their
plants shipped.

The writer now has with him his two sons,
who are able to take great responsibility from
his shoulders, besides these are many men who
have grown up in the business, who all have an
interest in the business and each one is doing
his very best to please every customer who
sends us anorder, and to keep Townsends
name as the leading plant growers of the coun-
try without a blemish.

It would not be fair in writing this article,
if I did not give credit where credit is due. I
attribute no small share of my success to my
loyal customers, many of my first ones being
with me today. It is them that has helped to
spread the good news to their neighbors and
friends about Townsends plants and Townsends
service. Many times a small order in a remote
section has in a few years built up a trade in
that particular section to many hundreds of

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satisfied customers. This business of ours is
sort of an endless chain business. Once it is
started it is kept going and the results are enor-
mous.

We have done some advertising during
these years. But our best advertising has been
in selling our customers a grade of plants that
would please them so well that our customers
have been our very best advertisers. And in
return for this service, we have been able to put
more money in QUALITY PLANTS AND IN
LOWER PRICES which have reacted greatly
to the benefit of our customers. This pamphlet
contains a number of testimonials along this
line which are received by the thousands every
year.

There is no man on earth prouder of his list
of customers than E. W. Townsend is of his.
And no one who works harder to keep them sat-
isfied. I wish it were possible to meet every
good customer face to face and have an old
fashioned hand shake. But as such cannot be,
let us all be satisfied that by doing our best, we
are doing all that can be expected of us, and it
will be all right in the end.

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CULTURAL DIRECTIONS---Set pJants early in the spring either in rows or down the garden fence, four ft. apart; keep the runners pruned back during ere
to about two ft. and they will form a large bushy plant. Immediately after fruiting every year cut off all growth to six inches above the ground and new woed l
keep pruned back to two feet same as first year. In this way Blackberries are no more in the way than ordinary bush fruit, and no crop planted will pay better.
special prices on large lots. We are Blackberry Specialists.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Q. What is the best way to prepare land for straw-
berries on a commercial scale? Does it pay to use Im-
perfect flowering varieties when you can get perfect
flowerings beds just as good? When is best time to top
dress strawberry beds for spring crop? J. H.R. Ill.

Ans. For commercial planting, | recommend that
Strawberries should follow some crop such as Peas, Po-
tatoes, or other truck crops where the land has been
manured heavily the year before for these crops, unless
new land is prevailable. It is best to plow the land in
the late fall for strawberries and leave in the rough
during the winter. Top work it over until it is in fine
shape, then mark out the rows the desired width with
a marker.

It is best plan to have a cultivator with two back
teeth in the rear only, wide enough to make a slight
ridge down the mark. This prevents the planters from
getting plants below the level of the earth, and is also
to advantage when giving the first two cultivations, as
the plants are not easily covered with the cultivators
and also the first hoeing is made much easier, after
striking off the little ridge the plants are left level
with the earth as they should be. Plants should be kept
as near level as possible during the whole season, and
at the last working put on a large tooth in the middle
at rear end of cultivator, taking off the two front teeth.
This leaves a good trench to take the water from the
beds during the winter months.

As to using Imperfect varieties will say that it is a
fact that many of our best varieties are Pistillates, or
Imperfect flowering varieties and should be used by
many growers. While of course any grower can choose
for himself as to planting them. We believe they are
advantageous in many ways. For one thing where
the strawberry beetle is a pest the beetle has never been
known to bother an Imperfect blossom. Second, by
proper pollenization, the Imperfect varieties are alwavs
better than the varieties they are pollenized with. For
instance when Premier, Big Late, and Ford are set in
a field together, Big Late in the middle of every plot
of ten rows, the Big Late inherits from the two Perfect
varieties all the good characteristics of the perfects,

making it the equal of, if not the superior of the trio.
On the other nand if you used a variety with Big Late
like Glen Mary, or Tenn. Prolific, you would have the
Big Late fall down in quality to the equal of the Glen
Mary.

Best time to top dress for the spring fruiting crop is
just before any new growth starts out in the Spring.
Usually a 5-8-5 is the best fertilizer. Chicken manure
and Acid Phosphate equal parts at the rate of one ton
per acre, if convenient.

_Mr. John Trabue, Paris, Ky. Strawberry plants re-
ceived from you in March have made a fine showing.

IMPORTANT QUESTION ANSWERED

Q. Is it safe to take plants from an old fruiting
bed to set a new bed? Also from Everbearing plants
that has fruited heavily all summer? J. L.S., Kansas.

Ans. Absolutely not; nothing but one year plants
that have never fruited should be used for setting a
new bed, and it is important that the Mother plant
should have never fruited. After a strawberry plant
has once fruited, it has been exhausted of its fruiting
power and will not produce strong offsprings for fur-
ther propagating purposes.

It is just as important with the everbearing varie-
ties, as the standards and the everbearing plants that
are to be used for propagating purposes should be kept
from fruiting just as much as possible. The fruiting
of the everbearing accounts for many failures in grow-
ing everbearing strawberries. I am sorry to say, but
most of the plant growers who are offering everbearing
plants for sale, let their Nursery plants fruit during
the summer and market the fruit in great quantities.
The first Champion plants that we bought had fruited
a record breaking crop the summer and fall before,
hence our plants were of inferior quality and made a
very poor showing the first year. It is the same with
every variety. Absolutely no fruiting should be allowed
on plants that are to be used for propagating purposes.

Mr. John W. Brown, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, wrote
us that from the 1000 Progressive purchased from us
and set in the same plot with a 100% purchased from an
Iowa Nurseryman, produced four times “is many berries
as the Iowa plants. Townsends plants are ali dug from
new beds that have never fruited, and the Mother plants
set out came from a strain that has been built up for

the highest fruiting power by fully selecting every year
and grown in beds that were not allowed to mat. Each
plant getting plenty room and light so as to build up a
strong fruiting system. All Townsens plants are built
for production and not for runner making. It is from a
few fruitful plants in a bed that give the heavy yield,
and not from the thickly matted row of barren plants.
This method is the secret of our success, and is the
cause of our adding thousands of new customers every
year. Townsends plants hold the world’s record for
hardiness and productiveness.

Townsend’s Nurseries is situated in a part of the
country so that we can give our customers shipment of
their orders whenever they want their plants shipped.
Our shipping season is from October 1st until May 1st,
and sometimes as late as May 15th, but we do not rec-
ommend plants being set out in any territory after
May 10th, as early shipments are always the best, and
the earlier strawberry plants can be set the better the
crop.

For example: We shipped two customers in Pa.,
plants on same day, one set his plants out next day and
had the best of success. The other party waited two
weeks before setting his plants and he had a complete
failure. The first man set his plants April 22nd, the
other two weeks later. It is always easy to get plants
to grow that are set out early enough. And always
hard to get them to grow when set out too late in sea-
son.

Best plan is to place orders early, and have plants
shipped a week earlier than you expect to be able to
plant so you will have them on hand when the planting
day comes.

ERLANG STRAVE

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Testing The Worlds
Champion
Everbearer

On Our Farms

Spring 1923 we planted a large plot of the
Champion everbearer for fruiting purpose only.
We selected a piece of practically new soil that
had grown a crop of cow peas last year.

Plants were set in April and the blossoms
kept off until July 15th which was as long as we
could possibly keep them back. We let the
plants make a narrow row. July 15th we spread
between the rows 1000 pounds of bone meal and
dry fish half and half, to the acre, this was im-
mediately cultivated in, and the plants were
kept cultivated every week from time set until
October 15th, this was all the manure that was
used.

An actual count was made of every quart
picked and the actual sales the average per acre
was more than 6000 quarts net or $1200.00 per
acre, $150.00 for each 1090 plants set, and pros-
pect for $500.00 or more from the spring crop.

We did not make a world record on this crop
nor did we try, we just wanted to see what our
favorite everbearing variety would do in a com-
mercial way. Less than one-fourth our crop
was sold on our local market, as there are a
good many everbearing berries grown here; too
many, for local use, and we had to ship our ber-

Special Price to Market Gardeners:

ries to Baltimore and Philadelphia markets, a
distance of more than 100 miles. Anyone with
good soil, that will give good clean cultivation
can do as well. And those who have more fa-
vorable markets can do better.

The Champion has been on the market only
two years, but it has been widely distributed.
We have sold plants in practically every state
and have received nothing but good reports
from every section. Those wishing to plant
something for a quick money crop can not do
better than plant Worlds Champion Everbear-
ing Strawberries. And no garden should be
without a bed large enough for family use.
Prices of plants are remarkable low this season.

Mr. Edw. J. White of N. J..—writes us No-
vember 6th, 1923, as follows: Plants we got
from you have done fine despite the dry weath-
er and unfavorable place I had to plant them.
They were planted on a hillside with stone and
iron ore. I had to shovel dirt to cover plants in
some places where it was all rock, but despite
this we had plenty big fine berries and the
plants all growed fine, some of the berries were
as big as apples. I sure want more if we can
get the help.

5000 Worlds Champion $55.00

Kindly Order by Number

Our Southern Garden

Collections

Here are some fine garden collections at a
wonderful low price. These varieties are at
their best in all the Southern states. We
call them our Southern Garden Collections
because they will endure the hot suns which
they will be exposed to. We also include
everbearing plants which will begin bearing
in August of this year, and next year these
gardens will produce abundantly of Big Red
Delicious Berries from early Spring until

late Fall.

NO. 1.

25 MITCHELL’S EARLY
25 DR. BURRILL

25 BIG WONDER

25 CHAMPION Everbearing

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NO. 2.

50 MITCHELL’S EARLY $ 25
50 EARLY JERSEY GIANT oe

50 MARVEL ae

100 CHAMPION Everbearing

NO. 3

100 ST. MARTIN

100 MARVEL

100 DR. BURRILL

150 CHAMPION Everb’r’g

Treat Your Children Right--Give them
all the Strawberries They Can Eat.

BIG LATE

The BIG THREE
It’s Not A Garden Until f

And as a special offer we are combining into Small Garden ( |
by The Postman to Your Door Postpaid. |

Our years of experience in the selecting of the best varieties}:
drop us a letter ordering any one of these gardens by number and)
make your Garden a Real Garden.

Our one purpose in offering these gardens at such a greatly! (
from the first of the season until /ate in the Fall at a very small co}
table needs and also give you a nice supply for canning, as all the

NO. 4
Our BIG 4 GARDEN

100 FORD
100 CHAMPION Everbear

100 PREMIER
100 BIG LATE

There is no better; good East North, South or West.

Our Special Prepaid Price Only

Special to
No. 9. Our |}!

These varieties are known the country over as hh
producers of fine large berries of the best quality,
that will command top prices on any market.

If you wish 1000 each «it

REMIER FORD

LONEY MAKERS

5u Have Strawberries In It!

tions the Best Varieties Known to The Strawberry World---Delivered

r each section of the country is given you in these gardens. Just

will never do a better or more pleasing thing for your family, and
jJuced price is to furnish every home with Big Red Delicious Berries
Ir production. These gardens are sufficient to take care of your
arieties are heavy producers of the finest quality berries,

larket Gardeners

arket Garden Collection
y 500 WM. BELT 500 SAMPLE

2S 500 LUPTON 500 HAVERLAND

Purchaser to pay transportation charges. l Q

1e above varieties send only $18.00

Kindly Order by Number

Our Northern Garden
Collections

These collections include the leading tested
varieties and should be in the garden of ev-
ery Northern home. We also include with
these collections the Worlds Champion Ever-
bearing. which has yet to have a close com-
petitor, as it produces a wonderful crop of
Large Red Berries of the finest quality in
the Fall first year planted. Don’t fail to send
your order for one of these collections, you
will never regret it.

NO. 5.

25 PREMIER

25 FORD

25 BIG LATE

25 DR. BURRILL

25 CHAMPION Everbearing

NO. 6
100 EY. JERSEY
100 AROMA
100 GIBSON
50 CHAMPION Everbearing

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100 EARLY JERSEY
100 GLEN MARY

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100 BIG JOE
100 CHAMPION Everbearing

Everbearing Garden
‘Here Is A Garden That Will Give
You Quick Results.

Plants set this Spring will fruit this Fall,
giving you a fine supply of berries for your
table when all other berries are off the mar-

ket, bearing from August until hard freez-
ing weather. They are fine.

NO. 8

Our Special All-Everbearing
Collection

200 PROGRESSIVE a ? 75

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Our Southern Garden

Collections

Here are some fine garden collections at a
wonderful low price. These varieties are at
their best in all the Southern states. We
call them our Southern Garden Collections
because they will endure the hot suns which
they will be exposed to. We also include
everbearing plants which will begin bearing
in August of this year, and next year these
gardens will produce abundantly of Big Red
Delicious Berries from early Spring until

late Fall.

NO. 1.

25 MITCHELLS BARLY
25 DR. BURRILL

25 BIG WONDER

25 CHAMPION Everbearing

NO. 2.

50 MITCHELL’S BARLY $ 2 5
50 BARLY JERSEY GIANT .

50 MARVEL Eos

100 CHAMPION Everbearing

NO. 3

100 ST. MARTIN

100 MARVEL

100 DR. BURRILL

150 CHAMPION Everb’r’g.

Treat Your Children Right--Give them
all the Strawberries They Can Eat.

PREMIER

The BIG THREE MONEY MAKERS
It's Not A Garden Until You Have Strawberries In It!

: And as a special offer we are combining into Small Garden Collections the Best Varieties Known to The Strawberry World-—--Delivered
by The Postman to Your Door Postpaid.

Our years of experience in the selecting of the best varieties for each section of the country is given you in these gardens. Just
drop us a letter ordering any one of these gardens by number and you will never do a better or more pleasing thing for your family, and
make your Garden a Real Garden.

Our one purpose in offering these gardens at such a greatly reduced price is to furnish every home with Big Red Delicious Berries
from the first of the season until /aze in the Fallat a very small cost for production. These gardens are sufficient to take care of your
table needs and also give you a nice supply for canning, as all these varieties are heavy producers of the finest quality berries,

NO. 4

BIG LATE FORD

Our BIG 4 GARDEN

100 FORD
100 CHAMPION Everbearing

100 PREMIER
100 BIG LATE

There is no better; good East North, South or West. |

Our Special Prepaid Price Only é , : |:

Special to Market Gardeners

No. 9. Our Market Garden Collection
500 WM. BELT 500 SAMPLE

Purchaser to pay transportation charges. l 0

These varieties are known the country over as heavy
producers of fine large berries of the best quality, ones
that will command top prices on any market.

500 LUPTON 500 HAVERLAND

If you wish 1000 each of the above varieties send only $18.00

Kindly Order by Number

Our Northern Garden
Collections

These collections include the leading tested
varieties and should be in the garden of ev-
ery Northern home. We also include with
these collections the Worlds Champion Ever-
bearing. which has yet to have a close com-
petitor, as it produces a wonderful crop of
Large Red Berries of the finest quality in
the Fall first year planted. Don’t fail to send

your order for one of these collections, you

will never regret it.

NO. 5.

25 PREMIER

25 FORD $

25 BIG LATE : 00
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25 DR. BURRILL Paid

25 (

S‘HAMPION Everbearing

NO. 6

100 BY. JERSEY
100 AROMA
100 GIBSON
50 CHAMPION Everbearing:

$9.25

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Paid

NO. 7

100 EARLY JERSEY
100 GLEN MARY

$ Be
100 DR. BURRILL ane

100 BIG JO
100 CHAMPION Everbearing

Everbearing Garden

Here Is A Garden That Will Give
You Ouick Results.

Plants set this Spring will fruit this Wall,
giving you a fine supply of berries for your
table when all other berries are off the mar-
ket, bearing from August until hard freez-
ing weather. ‘They are fine.

NO. 8

Our Special All-Everbearing
Collection

200 PROGRESSIVE 3 2 75

- 25 LUCKY BOY $2.79

What Our Customers Say About Us.

THE TRUEST MEASURE OF SUCCESS OF A BUS-
INESS IS ITS NUMBER OF SATISFIED
CUSTOMERS

Our long list of satisfied customers are considered
by us to be our very best assets. Nothing is more pleas-
ing to us than to open the morning’s mail and read let-
ter after letter praising our plants and our service.

These good letters all come to us unsolicited. They
are from folks who just feel they have to tell us about
the satisfaction they are getting from growing Towns-
ends’ plants. Many of these Folks we have been serv-
ing for more than twenty years, and in many sections
where we started with a single customer twenty years
ago, we now number them by the hundreds.

It is in this way that Townsends nursery has grown
to be the largest of its kind in the world. Making a
pleased customer, keeping him pleased so well that he
becomes our Best Friend, and best avdertisement. No
pages of advertising that we can do is so valuable to us
as our pleased customers, for what they say goes much
fartner with a prospect buyer than anything we could
say.

- The following list of testimonials were intended to
be printed in our latest Catalog but were crowded out.
So we are sending them in this pamphlet, feeling that
they ought to be read by those who are asking for our
Catalogues for the first time this season.

In most cases we are giving the full name and ad-
dress, so that you can write any of them if you wish.
Lots of them you probably know as your neighbors and
visit them. A few object to using their address owing
to correspondence.

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Mr. R. T. Daugherty, Wakefield, Va. Plants pur-
chased from you have always been good.

MORE THAN 1200 QUARTS FROM 1200 PLANTS

From Taylor C. Lyford, Upton, Mass. The 1200
strawberry plants purchased from you in 1922 did
splendid. They produced more than 1200 quarts of the
finest berries. The Premier was the variety grown. I
want 20V0 more plants next spring and you bet they
will be Townsends plants.

My berries sold for 5c to 10¢ per box more than
others received, or any other berries sold in town. Don’t
fail to send me new catalog.

— SF

TOWNSEND PLANTS ALWAYS TRUE TO NAME
AND FINE PRODUCERS

Send me your catalog as soon as out. I want to
place my order with you again. Last season I bought
your plants, and some from a Tennessee grower which
I got much cheaper in price. Well I was well pleased
with your plants as I always am. But the Tennessee
plants turned out to be a bad mixture. It does not pay
to buy this cheap southern grown plants at any price.
In trying to save a few dollars, we have lost many. I
will send my order as soon as I receive your prices. It
seems hard for people here to spend a few more dollars
for something they know is absolutely true to name and
will always please them. Yours very truly,

Chas. J. Bell, Morristown, Tenn.

NOTE—A few extra dollars spent for best plants
or seed is well spent. Life is too short to spend our
hours cultivating worthless plants.

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Mr. Ben E. Spurgeon, West Union, W. Va. I have
always had good success with your plants. My father
recommended you to me ten years ago.

A Field of Dewberry Plants in Bloom,

For the last five years we have been de-
voting more acreage to the growing of
Blackberries, and next to Strawberries we
find them to be the most paying crop that
we grow. We specialize in the running
varieties, or DEWBERRIES, and find that
these are the best money making varie-
ties for nearly all sections. Blackberries
can be made to pay big money on soil
that will not produce any other crop.
This worn out soil if it is light loose
makes an ideal spot for the Dewberries, or
they may be grown on new light spruce
land just cleared with excellent results.
One hundred and fifty to two hundred
bushels crates can be grown per acre on
most any old worn out soil and when it is
considered that $5.00 per bushel is a low
average in any section it may readily be
seen that Blackberries ave a paying crop.
Requires no fertilizers to grow good black-
berries. About the only fertilizer IT know
of that would be an advantage to them
would be wood ashes.

Most varieties should be planted in rows
five feet apart by four feet, and cultivated
each way. Plants should be set in the
spring or very late in the fall and culti-
vated same as a crop of covn. After the
second crop of berries is off, the vines

should be mowed or cut off close to the
ground, the old growth raked off and
burned, a furrow from each side with a
single plow thrown directly over the stocks
just letting the furrows meet—(not lap).
Should lay this way for two weeks then
cross harrow plants for the third season.
This method is followed every year same
as the third working out, and a bed of
blackberries grown this way will last for
many years. Any further advice on grow-
ing will be cheerfully given.

WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY ABOUT US---Continued

A REGULAR CUSTOMER FOR 21 YEARS BOUGHT
MILLIONS OF PLANTS AND ALWAYS FOUND
THEM SATISFACTORY

For about twenty-one years we have been buying
Townsends plants in a large way, some years as many
as 500,000 plants have been purchased from you. In
buying these million of plants and over this long period
I have never received plants *nat were not absolutely
true to name, and perfectly satisfactory in every way.
I have recommended you to my many friends here
around Norfolk and in other parts of the country. My
interest in your nursery has probably been greater than
you ever knew. You have always been reasonable in
your charges for the extra high grade plants that you
put out. I could not but help noticing the fact that dur-
ing War times when prices of others went up 100 per
cent and more that you kept your prices to the mini-
mum, which fully brought out your fair dealing with
your fellow men. We are planning a very large acre-
age here this winter and I will let you hear from me
again as soon as I take the matter up with the tenants
and tell them what you have offered us, and your recom-
mendations as to the Premier, and Horsey varieties for
this section. Believe me very truly yours,

T. E. Trotman, Churchland, Va.

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Mr. M. C. Fitzgerald, Fairfax, Va., writes: From
1000 of your plants he received such a large return that
he wants to plant several acres.

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Mr. Elson Douse, West Danville, Vermont, writes
that he is a pleased customer and that whenever he
wants plants, Townsend gets the order.

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Mr. E. F. Porter, Hennicks, N. H., writes—I have
used your plants with perfect satisfaction, they have
always done well.

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Sidney L. Tibbets, Brooks, Maine, writes—Your
plants do fine for me, do not fail to send us your cata-
logue.

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Mr. E. M. Sanborn, Acton, Maine, writes—I was well
pleased with your piants last spring and want more
this season, send me your book of berries.

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Mrs. Lee Anderson, Burlington, Vt., writes—We will
not need to buy any plants this spring, but want to tell
you that we were weil pleased with our last year’s pur-
chase from you. Oh, what fine berries we had trom
those plants.

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Mr. Frank S. Tyler, Fairfield, Maine, writes—I want
you to send me your catalogue. I want another lot of
your Premier plants, my crop was fine last spring and
I want another 1000 plants as soon as I can get them
in the ground.

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Mrs. Porter Maxwell, Lost Creek, Va., writes—Your
strawberry plants have done well for me, we are well
pleased.

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Bert S. Fairbank, Chester Depot, Vt.—The order of
plants sent us last season was received in fine condition
and many extra plants. I never saw a finer bed than we
have. Will want another 1000 Premier this Spring.

——o.

Mr. Chas. Needman, Attleboro, Mass.
plants received last spring did fine.

Strawberry

HER MONEY CAME THRU O. K. (Though we do not
recommend this way.)

I am writing you Gentlemen, as I feel that I ought
to. You received my order fr $28. 00 on the 9th. I put
the cash in an envelope to get a money order from our
Rural Carrier, and gave it to my little son to attend to.
Instead of his getting a money order he sealed up the
money and mailed it to you. When my husband learned
this he scolded me for my carelessness and said that was
the last of my $28.00. But today when I received your
acknowledgement of my order ' felt good enough to set
down and write you. And I am going to tell my Hubby
that it makes no difference how you send the remit-
tance as long as you are dealing with square deal folks.
This is our third order from you and we have always
been pleased ae our buy. Very truly,

. Robt. MeClucki, Williamsburg, Ind.

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TOWNSEND CANNOT DO TOO MUCH FOR HIS
CUSTOMERS.

This is to acknowledge receipt of your Check for
$11.50 that you have collected for us for the lost crate
of plants last year. We certainly thank you very much
and suppose that had you not put in claim for us we
would never have gotten a cent. Many thanks, we will
try to reciprocate to you.

Our plants are paying us better than any other crop
we are growing. We cleared over $1,000.00 from the
5000 Premier plants last year, and have a good pros-
pect for another crop. Will order more another Spring.

Faithfully your,
Geo. M. Thomas, Ruskville, III.

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WE HAVE TO SHOW THE FOLKS IN MO.

This is my fifth order to the Townsend nursery, and
I want to say that I have never had better treatment
from any concern than the Townsends have given me.
Send this order when you think proper time to plant
here. Enclosed find money order to the amount of
$65.00 Respt. J. H. Linnett, Allendale, Mo.

———

Mrs. Joseph Derrickson, Marlboro, N. Y.—I want to
tell you about my Townsend strawberry garden. From
the 500 Progressive and Champion plants I sold more
than 500 quarts of berries, and received nearly $200.
after the family had all they could use. I want to plant
another bed larger this spring.

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Mrs. Annie E. Huston, Madison, Mass. My plants
are doing fine, and will want another lot next spring.
Send catalogue please to the following who want some
of your plants.

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Mrs. Elizabeth Hayden, Olean, N. Y. Plants we re-
ceived from you last season did very nice.
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D. C. Cline, Melbourne, Fla. You have always sent

me fine plants and true to name, expect to send you
another nice order next spring.

O—————_

Mr. G. R. Weyant, Hollidaysburg, Pa. I nave plant-
ed your plants for the last eleven years. Plants receiv-
ed last spring were good as they always are, did not
lose a single plant. My father started with you many
years ago, and I have kept it up.

——o

Mr. Hal F. Corbridge, Rushville, Ill. Plants I got
from you done fine, well pleased. Enclosed find names
of my friends who want your plants.

WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY ABOUT US--Continued

PLANTS RECEIVED IN FINE CONDITION, WELL
PLEASED

Chester Depot, Vt., May 19th, 1923.
Gentlemen:—Received my plants from you today
in fine condition. Well pleased.
W. H. Hoskins.

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HAD A FINE CROP, WANTS MORE PREMIER

Ridgewood, N. J.
E. W. T. & Sons:—We have just finished picking
our 5000 Premier plants purchased from you. We had
a very fine crop of berries and want to get 5000 more

next year. Yours truly,
G. T. Cooper.
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ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO GROW TOWNSENDS
PLANTS.

About twenty-one years ago I was at Salisbury, Md.,
and went out with you to your berry farms. You were
picking strawberries. The finest I had ever seen. I
could not get these big luscious berries off my mind. I
told my wife that when the spring come we would trv
to grow ourselves some of these berries. The following
spring I sent you an order for one of your strawberry
gardens, this was my first experience in growing straw-
berries, we had a city lot about 50x100, I put one quar-
ter of this in strawberries. From that day until now
our garden has never been without a Townsend straw-
berry garden. We plant a new bed every other year.
And now that we grow the Champion everbearing we
have strawberries nearly all the year. But we never
tire in eating them. They always taste like more. I
know of no other work that your Folks could do that
would mean more to the average town family than to
talk them into planting a strawberry garden. It is al-
ways such a pleasure to grow strawberries. Especially
the everbearing Champion which is best of all. Wish-
ing you continued success, I am yours very truly,

Bowker, Pitts, Pa.

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ORDERED FROM IOWA, MICH., AND WYO.,
NEVER SAW AS GOOD PLANTS AS YOURS

I have got plants from Iowa, Mich., N. Y., Ark., but
never received any as good as Townsends. Your qual-
ity plants should make your business grow. Its a
pleasure to deal with you. Respt.

J. Jackson, Fresno, Calif.
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A GOOD ONE FROM PERU

Gentlemen:-I am still in the strawberry game. And
have always been very successful in growing your
plants. I think that the Premier is the best of all varie-
ties yet. I have followed the Townsend way to grow
big crops and find them the best way. Some others
have tried to lead me their way but I find Townsends
Ideas is best. I am enclosing a couple pictures of my
field which will give you an idea of my success and how
I appreciate your services. A pleased customer.

T. E. Bonehard, Peru, N. Y.
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CONCORD, N. H.

Gents: Strawberry plants arrived in fine shape, am
much pleased with your plants and for the “Extras.”
Robert T. French.

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Mr. J. V. Walker, Union, W. Va. The 2000 plants I
bought of you 1922, I sold 110 bushels from in 1923.
Your Friend Walker.
NOTE: This is at the rate of 440 bushels per acre or
14,080 quarts.

TOWNSENDS PLANTS BEST FOR TEN YEARS

Shelbourne, Maine, April 16th, 1923.
Mess. E. W. T. & Sons,
Salisbury, Md.

About ten years ago I saw your Catalogue, and con-
cluded to give you an order as I had been paying about
three times your price for my plants. I like lots of
others had been told that your plants from the East
would not do as well here in the cold North. I was
agreeable surprised when I received the plants, they
were larger plants than I had ever seen before. Every
one lived and grew the best I had ever had any to do.
I raised a fine crop of berries the following season, and
have never failed to send Townsends my order since.
I know of no one in this vicinity now that does not grow
Townsends plants. They are hardier, and more produc-
tive than the plants grown up here. Owing to my old
age and shortage of labor I have to cut it out pretty
soon, as I am now seventy-eight, and alone, for I lost
my Companion last March, a year ago. With very best
wishes for your continued success, I am yours as an old
pleased customer and friend, Jacob Mercedes.

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THANKS US FOR THE VERY FINE PLANTS
Always Gets Fair Treatment.

I received my plants from you several years, and
always get fair and square treatment. Enclosed find
another order for 5000 your early, medium and late.
Leave the selection to you as you have never missed yet.

With kindest regards to all the boys,
Lemuel H. Frankfurst, Tingaphoago, Maine.

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From Mr. Peter Bunk, Kinderhook, N. Y. Received

my plants from you in good shape, am well pleased
with them and thank you very much.

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Cumberland, Ind., March 3rd, 1923.
E. W. T. & Sons, Salisbury, Md. Gents:-Please send
me another 1000 Premier plants. I have found this to
be my best variety. I have also found that Townsends
Nursery is the best place to buy plants and a good Com-
pany to deal with. Plants always received in such nice
condition. Alfred Hedger.

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WHAT A FEW OF THE LARGEST GROWERS AND
BUYERS OF NURSERY STOCK SAY ABOUT THE
TOWNSEND NURSERY

Plant City Growers Association
Plant City, Florida,
R. M. Anderson, Mgr.

This is probably the largest Association of straw-
berry growers in the U. S.

Mr. Anderson writes us that they have been buying
our plants ever since the Association was organized,
and have always found them satisfactory and to please
their growers. It takes millions of plants to supply this
Association every year.

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A. M. Blanchard & Son
Lawtey, Florida.

Mr. Blanchard writes us that Townsends plants are
the best in the world, that he has been using them every
year for nearly twenty years, and has always found
them of the verv highest quality.

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T. E. Trotman
Churchland, Va.

Mr. Trotman writes us that for twenty-one years
our plants have given him the very best of satisfaction,
and in that time he has purchased millions of our plants.

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WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY ABOUT US---Continued

A NEW ENGLAND CUSTOMER UP IN THE PINE
STATE FINDS TOWNSENDS PLANTS
128 PER CENT PERFECT

Extracts from a letter written us by J. F. Bridges
& Son, York County, Maine. Mr. Bridges says: “Who
can beat this?” I ordered 100 Ford plants and received
128, every plant grew fine.” This is Maine 600 miles
away from you.

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TOWNSENDS PLANTS BEST IN THE DISTRICT OF
CONCORD JUNCTION, MASS.

Gentlemen: It is a pleasure to write you this letter.
The plants I have been getting of you are the most vig-
orous plants I have ever seen or grown. They always
attract the attention of the passers by, and they want
to know where my strain came from. I am always
pleased to tell them from Townsend, and feel that my
debt of gratitude is only partly paid. I am pleased to
send you a list of names of my friends who want to
grow your plants. If I can be of further service to you
“sing out.” Very truly yours,

Wm. A. Massey,
Concord Junction, Mass.

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From J. W. Baher, Va., Plants reached me in good
shape, nice plants.

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TOWNSENDS PLANTS GROW IN STONE AND
IRON ORE

From Enoch J. White, Pittston, N. J. Plants bought
from you last spring grew fine in spite of the worst
drouth. Planted on a hill side with stone and iron ore.
I had to shovel dirt to cover the plants in some places,
where there was all rock, but we had fine big berries
and they all grew nice. Some of the berries as large as
crab apples. I would like for you to see the place where
they were planted, weeds could not even grow. I will
want more plants.

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FROM PCSTMASTER TOKOHOMA, JAPAN.
Plants Carry To Japan in Good Condition.

Received a package of plants bearing your name and
address. Plants in good gondition. But cannot locate
Consignee. Please advise.

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TOWNSENDS PLANTS TWICE AS LARGE AS
OTHER PLANTS, AND BEAT POT GROWN
PLANTS FOR GROWING.

Just a line to inform you that the plants purchased
from you set out the same day in the same bed are
twice to three times as large as the plants purchased
elsewhere of the same variety at three times the price
paid to you. Thanks for the fine plants and a square
deal. You will get all my next order.

Yours truly,
Jas. Marsh, Oyster Bay, N. Y.

O————_

W.T. Wallis, Ronley, Mass. I have always been sat-
isfied with your plants.

IS TOWNSENDS NURSERY RELIABLE?
We Will Leave It to Our Customers to Say.

Enclosed please find M. O. for $3.25 for the extra
plants sent us. We wrote you on the 14th that we were
500 plants short, and the next day received the missing
plants by mail postpaid. Today we received a dupli-
cate order in answer to our letter of the 14th, this
plainly shows me that you people are on the square so
I am going to be square with such folks too, and send
you the money for the last lot of plants with the amount
of postage paid on them. You have always sent us fine
plants and we are Townsends regular customers, and
Townsend “Boosters.”

Frank J. Skknan, St. Joseph, Mich.

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Mr. FE. P. Harriger, Sligo, Pa. Plants bought of you
last spring produced a fine crop this year. Variety
Progressive.

John G. Eberwine
Deans, Va.

Mr. Eberwine is one of our very oldest customers
who has not failed in twenty years or more to send us
his orders Never less than 50,000 plants. He writes
us that your services has always been perfectly satis-
factory.

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Walter N. Staunton
Sweedesboro, N. J.

Mr. Staunton has used our plants for a number of
years, and writes us that he had never seen better qual-
ity plants than we ship.

Mr. Staunton is the largest grower of strawberries
in his section.

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Mr. R. M. Shoop
Hollidaysburg, Pa.

Says I never saw better plants than I have always
got from you people.

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FROM HERBERT E. JORDAN, PORTLAND, MAINE

Strawberry plants received from you best plants
ever received from anyone.

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BEST PLANTS IN 30 YEARS

Prosser, Wash., August 20th, 1923.

E. W. Townsend & Sons: Gents—I would like to
tell you how cur plants done this year. We moved from
Viola about the time the plants were shipped and left
word with the agent to resnip them to us to Prosser,
Wash., which would take about two days. They were on
the road a week. But I want to say that I never saw
better plants and never had a finer stand than now, I
have had plants from all over the country for over 30
years, and these are the best I have ever grown.

Respt. yours,
L. A. Buswell.

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Geo. M. May. Friedens, Pa. Your plants surely are
fine. I will send you another order.

OF HIGH GRADE STRAW
EVERBEARING VARIETIES

1000
Worlds Champion: (per): 222225 = $15.00
Progressive. (per) 222 eee 8.00
Perfection. (per) 2 eee 10.00

Lucky-Strike

Lucky Boy l) Ge prices at bot-

Minn, No. 17
Never Fail J tom of page.
Superb
EARLY VARIETIES
Excelsior: .( per) 422 353 ee $4.00
Early, Jersey. Giant,, (per)) 22222===2 5.00
By Ozarls, (per) 2322 eee 6.00
Horsey+(per) | 22 See eee 5.00
Howard 17,° (per): == ee eee 5.00
Missionary: (per) "=2=2 = eee 4.00
- MitchelistMiarly, (per) =e 4.00
Premier, (per))..c. 22. eee 5.00
EARLY TO MID-SEASON VARIETIES
Bun, Speciala(per)..— sess= nae $5.00
Dr: Burrill, (per), 22245 eee 4.00
Delicious: (per) 22s—. = 22 eee 5.00
Gollins (per) > 2. See eee 5.00
Waton: (per) 22-25 oe Se eee 8.00
Haverland (imp): eee 5.00
Klondyke’(per): 2322222222. ee = 4.00
Lady: Tompson: (per)? 2-323 5.00
St. Martin (pen) j22:24- 3 ate eee 8.00
Sen. Dunlap (per), 22 eee 4.00
War-Dy ke) (mp) . == eee 15.00
Warheld: Gimp)2+=- = eee 4.0(
Tenn. Proiic (per) 22 ee 5.00

SPRING

1924

1000
Aroma. (per): 22 = ee eee eee $ 5.00
Big Joe (per) 22 ea ee eee 5.00
Big Wonder (per) 22522 2 eee 5.00
Cooper :(per): se a Rare eee 15.00
De' Lues'Judith (per))_ 2 ee ae 10.00
Glen Mary. (per) eee 5.00
Gibson. (er) > 5. es oe ge 5.00
Hunterdon (per) 2 oe ils 2 a eee ae 15.00
Marvel \.(per) © 22 5 eee Fa ae 5 ee 5.00
Nic. Ohimerni(per)) 22 8 eer eee 6.00
PresidentsHarding (per) 222 ee 8.00
Parker’ (imp) 9222S eee 15.00
Parsons Beauty (pen) = ee eee 5.00

Paul Jones, (imp). = 22223 ee Sen . 5.00
Brandywine (per)

LATE TO VERY LATE VARIETIES

BushelBasket (per)! see soe i $10.00
‘Chesapeake “(ner) eee 6.00
Crawford: No:'25; Gimp)i254 = =: 4s eee 50.00
Ford :(per)) 2:26 ent Aare oad Sapien 5.00
Fendall (imp) eee eae ee ee 6.00
Gandy: (per) ee 4.00
Prize (imp) =-C- 2 = eee 6.00
Lupton: (per)... = 24 eee 5.00
Mascot (per) 222 2 eee 8.00
Sample (imp) c22- 2 ee ee eee 5.00
Townsend's Big_Late (imp). ee 5.00
Wm: Belt:(per)) 222 ee as ee 6.00

World’s*Wonder-(per) 22 ee

Prices for less than 1000 plants, Each variety must be added separate. Two varieties cannot

be added together in order to make a cheaper rate.

$4.00 $5.00
25) plants, === sae Pah) 40
50 iplants! ok eee 55 .60 é
{5 DlaAniGS eee eee 15 .80 1.00
LOO; plants 4-42 45s 90 1.00 1.25
150: plants. 1.10 1.25 1.60
200:plants 222 ee 1.40 1.50 1.90
250) plants: 222222 ae 1.55 ey 2.20
S00uplants, 2222 =e 1.70 2.00 2.50
350. plants: 22). 3-=e= 1.90 2.25 2.75
400=plantS == aes 2.10 2.50 3.00
A50nplantses 2.30 245 3.25
500 plants 2.50 3.00 3.50
S000 splants, == 11.25 14.00
5-000 splantss == 17.50 23.15
10000) plants —-==2 32.50 45.00

quantities at the 100 rate.

Lucky Strike—In lots of 12, 25 and 50, at $5.00 per dozen.

sold to any one customer.

17.25
27.50
50.00
Prices of Lucky Boy, Minn. No. 17, Never Fail and Superb:

$8.00 $10.00 $15.00 $50.00
.65 15 1.00 2.00
85 1.00 1.50 3.00
1.20 1.50 2.00 4.00
1.50 1.75 2.50 5.00
1.75 2.15 3.00 7.50
2.00 2.50 4.25 10.00
2.40 3.00 5.00 12.50
2.15 3.50 5.75 15.00
3.15 4.00 6.50 17.50
3.50 4.50 7.00 20.00
4.00 5.00 7.50 22.50
4.50 5.50 8.00 25.00
24.00 30.00 36.00
37.50 55.00
70.00 100.00

25 Plants $1.00; 50 Plants $1.50; 100 Plants $2.50. Large

$10.00 per 25, and $22.50 per 50 plants. No more than 50 plants

More Than 600 Acres In
The Townsend Nurseries

From a very small beginning in
1900 The Townsend Nurseries
stand to-day at the top of the lad-
der as compared with any other
small fruit plant concern in the
world.

We have just added 200 more
acres to our nursery farms of the

finest new land on the Eastern
Sho’ with an option on 700 acres
more adjoining land.

This information is not given in
a boastful way, but to show the
constantly increasing demand for
Townsend’s High Grade Plants and
Townsend’s Service. There is no
other section in the United States
so well situated for the growing of
high grade nursery stock as the
Eastern Sho’ of Maryland.

We Have The Soil
And The Climate

These are two most essential
points, and without them _ ideal
stock cannot be grown. And when
Nursery Stock receives the special
care that is given to it under the
Townsend way of growing and se-
lecting it has reached the mark of
perfection. The thousands of let-
ters received from our customers
every year bear us out in every
claim that we make for our plants.
We have always been modest in our
claims, in our advertising and our
books, prefering to let our custo-
mers do most of the talking. Our
one aim is to “grow the best” and
to price it just as low as we can,
and make a living profit. We have
not grown rich in the business.
Most of our profits have been re-
turned to the business every year
in the way of adding more acreage
and improving our facilities in or-
der to handle our ev er increasing
business. We are nov better pre-
pared to serve you than ever be-
fore.

Our Service Department

Every letter pertaining to your
order has been read and answered
by the writer for the last twenty
years, and it is my hope that I may
be abie to continue this service for
you for many more. Before this
booklet reaches your hands I will
have reached my forty-eighth birth-
day. I have with me my two only
sons, working shoulder to shoulder
with me. Each one is an expert in
his field. Ernest Jr., has charge of
che farms, besides acting as Sec.-
Treas. L. Sherman, is packing
foreman, and assistant Mgr. Be-
sides my sons, are many men who
have grown up in the business with
me. Every employee is paid good
living wages, and has an interest in
the business. Every one of us wel-
conie your orders and always do
our best to please you.

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Crystal Wwibites 225. o-isciis.soe:s Diy Pah) CORN ia Uanpigs op oaUaGeEconOr
RASPBERRIES
GoldaeDollartece sa hie - $1.00
St Regsisy (red)! sass. «ton. ere $ 10 $ .75 $1.00 $1.75 $ 3.00 $ 7.50 $25.00
Guibltbenten (red\)errcetacic cieee Fo) EO etme 0) ale byes OO Mme Oreste
Rrskmenearkes (red) ssc. en al lOO eb 0) 62:50) 4250) lOl00s. 2.1.
Mme (Gee) 0S aeeoeoeeaceeeae ole OO eS Om 2250 4250) e000 F ee ars.
iDeinive ony (0reG0) 3 go agoooeues 10 (5 leO0m 175) 3.00) 72507) 25:00
Plum Farmer (black) ........ OW iEOOn Ae) 3200) 7-50) 25100
@umberland! (black)! |.5.2:.-- SOM ibe leOO) Ae 5: 3t00R 7250) 25:00
Honey Sweet (black) ........ 10 “5 1200) 1:75 3.00 25 Oeeeree
Royal sPurple’ <2). sss oa e303 he lle 1eO Ole OF 2250) 4-5 Oe LO L00R eee
ASPARAGUS
Washineton Strain’ (1 syr: old) .....2.....--.. $1.75 $ 3.00 $ 7.50 $25.00
Grant, Aneentenill (Go syrold))) sa. ss cre si e.2 seus «oie 15 OF 62250) i250
Palmeltou- 7 Oonov.ers) (levi Old)! sacce. «secs oe 1250) 2:50) 7250
BarrseViammosih (arya Old)! aicisreneisee evs rer 1250) 92250) 7250
Washinetoni(2) sya old) emis re = ete le ve ower 2.50 5.00 10.00 35.00
Sctandarueevearreries: (sty Old) oan ovens onepeney = 2.00 3.00 10.00
StandardeViarietiesm(3i yas told)... cna eevee 4.00 7.50 25.00
GRAPES
Each 10 25 50 ~=100 250 1000
Cacow (ly yrvold) ec seers $ .50 $4.00 $7.50 $12.50 $20.00 $40.00 $125.00
Caco (2m yrs= old)eereecs ni 75 6.00 12.50 20.00 35.00 75.00 250.00
Concord] (Gi vyre old)» 2.5... ALO 1200) Reb 3:50) 7200) 15:00, 250200
Concord (2)syrs> old)... =< - E20 Meibr otD0) | 6:00) TeO00R 25:00h 90:00
Niagara l(b yr nold)) 2. .-.-. - 220) 1275, 3-50), 6:00" 141200) 25:00), 90:00
Niawana (2 syis?) old) ian. <i 30 2.50 5.00 9.00 17.00 40.00 125.00
Worden Blue (1 yr. old) .... .20 1.75 3.50 6.00 11.00 25.00 90.00
Worden (2)yr, old) 2.2....- DUN 2750500) 29008 17-00 e4. 0:00
Crystal White Grape
(ies yretoldl) eae ececerse ts 50 4.00 7.50 12.50 20.00 40.00 125.00
Crystal White (2 yr. old) ... {65 DL00 0L00) 27200) 3000n see eee ee
Delaware (red) 1 yr. old .... 20 1.75 3.50 6.00 11.00 25.00 90.00
Delaware (red) 2 yr. old .... .380 2.50 5.00 9.00 17.00 40.00 125.00
Agawam (red) 1 yr. old.... 220) eb) 3250) (6200) 11:00) 25:00) 9000
Agawam (red) 2 yr. old .... .30 2.50 5.00 9.00 17.00 40.00 125.00
Catawba (red) lym, old’ 2... pA) bers BiSK0) 6.00 11.00 25.00 90.00
Catawbae2 yi olde ee -sse) 30 2.50 5.00 9.00 17.00 40.00 125.00
Hubbard (black) 1 yr. old .. .50 4.00 7.50 12.50 25.00 40.00 125.00
Hubbard 2 evi wold i seece.. - {G5 DLOOP 1000 17250 3000s sae ee eee
l8tvisogincl, 8) ie Ol saccocc 75 6.50 15.00 30.00 60.00 bearing size
@lintone asym olds e acer nee -75 6.50 15.00 30.00 60.00 bearing size
Concorde sya disease -75 6.50 15.00 30.00 60.00 bearing size
Moores Early, 4 yr. old . -75 6.50 15.00 30.00 60.00 bearing size

PARCEL POST RATES on Dewberry, Raspberry, Asparagus, Grape-
vines, Curants, etc., every ten plants, same as 100 strawberry plants. For
instance, 10 Grape Vines in the 3rd zone will be 15¢ and so on. Over 100
eane plants will go cheaper by Express, and often we are compelled to ship
that way owing to the size of package.

Special prices quoted to market gardeners on lots over 1000, and we will
quote prepaid prices on lots of 1000 and up. Please do not ask for special
prices on lots under 1000 as we have made our price list as low as we pos-
sible can grow our high grade stock for at this time. We guarantee safe
delivery and high grade true to name plants.

A Mid-Winter Scene At ‘lownsends’ Plant Farms, Salisbury, Md.

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STRAWBERRY PLANTS

aANO oTHER SMALL FRUIT PLANTS
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Charles 8. Phipps,
Pocopson,

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